I'm going on a little vacation tomorrow (March 23rd), I will be in the southern California area. If you want to hang out, go ahead and email me (
) or just text me at xxx xxx xxxx. I'm quite harmless, you can find out a little more about me at commongate as I have videos and photographs.
Anyroad, Modest Mouse released We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank on 20 March 2007. This is the first studio album featuring Johnny Marr (ex-Smiths and Healers)!
It comes in three formats: a regular CD, a Deluxe Limited Edition CD, and a Double gatefold 180-gram Vinyl. The nice thing about their record label, which is Epic (Sony BMG), is that if you order directly from them, you get five postcards, instant downloads of "Dashboard" & "We've Got Everything". The best part: if you order the vinyl, they will include a CD with the music so you can load them onto your portable player. I love that idea.
I ended up picking up the Deluxe CD for $14.99 from Best Buy, which sort of came with an extra sampler CD with "Dashboard", "Education", and "Little Motel".
The Deluxe package comes with a cardboard slipcase (gold embossed letters and balloon) and a lyric booklet. Nothing too fancy, the lyric book is nothing to write home about. No photographs of the band, just some art by David Ellis and Casey Burns. Still, I rather get this vs standard CD release.
I have not had a chance to listen to the album, but I really dig the "Dashboard" song. The video is amazing too. It's put together by Motion Theory.
For reasons unkown, I thought you were from southernCA to begin with. (I'm weird)
Oh modest mouse. I cannot say I'm a big fan, I've had this weird grudge against them. It's hard to explain, but I still enjoy their sounds. I hope I get a chance to hear this new album soon.
Posted by: Le Mew | 03/23/2007 at 02:47 AM
I listened to the disc yesterday (or maybe a little earlier in the week) and I'm still undecided. But I go hot and cold on all of their tracks, so I can't say that I'm too surprised.
Posted by: W. B. Mook | 03/23/2007 at 11:48 AM
tomorrow morning I am buying tickets to Modest Mouse.....looking forward to hearing all of our favorites live.... ~jenn
Posted by: Jenn | 03/23/2007 at 04:29 PM
listen to my new favorite band- Hot Rod Circuit. Go to their myspace.
Posted by: rockguy | 04/24/2007 at 01:35 PM